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Parotid gland

Intralobular ducts exit the lobules to form interlobular ducts located in the dense irregular connective tissue surrounding the lobules. As these ducts increase in diameter, their epithelium frequently becomes stratified columnar and eventually transitions to the stratified squamous epithelium of the vestibule into which they will empty. 100x

Interlobular duct <p>Intralobular ducts exit the lobules to form interlobular ducts located in the dense irregular connective tissue surrounding the lobules. As these ducts increase in diameter, their epithelium frequently becomes stratified columnar and eventually transitions to the stratified squamous epithelium of the vestibule into which they will empty. 100x</p>

Interlobular duct

Intralobular ducts exit the lobules to form interlobular ducts located in the dense irregular connective tissue surrounding the lobules. As these ducts increase in diameter, their epithelium frequently becomes stratified columnar and eventually transitions to the stratified squamous epithelium of the vestibule into which they will empty. 100x

- Stratified columnar epithelium <p>Intralobular ducts exit the lobules to form interlobular ducts located in the dense irregular connective tissue surrounding the lobules. As these ducts increase in diameter, their epithelium frequently becomes stratified columnar and eventually transitions to the stratified squamous epithelium of the vestibule into which they will empty. 100x</p>

- Stratified columnar epithelium

Intralobular ducts exit the lobules to form interlobular ducts located in the dense irregular connective tissue surrounding the lobules. As these ducts increase in diameter, their epithelium frequently becomes stratified columnar and eventually transitions to the stratified squamous epithelium of the vestibule into which they will empty. 100x

Interlobular connective tissue <p>Intralobular ducts exit the lobules to form interlobular ducts located in the dense irregular connective tissue surrounding the lobules. As these ducts increase in diameter, their epithelium frequently becomes stratified columnar and eventually transitions to the stratified squamous epithelium of the vestibule into which they will empty. 100x</p>

Interlobular connective tissue

Intralobular ducts exit the lobules to form interlobular ducts located in the dense irregular connective tissue surrounding the lobules. As these ducts increase in diameter, their epithelium frequently becomes stratified columnar and eventually transitions to the stratified squamous epithelium of the vestibule into which they will empty. 100x

Main Slide Interlobular duct - Stratified columnar epithelium Interlobular connective tissue